Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-15

A'EN AOhhf
between Chief Sargent, of the Brotherhood
of Firemen, and a committee of the strik-
ers with officers of the Brooklyn elevated
road was held this evening, but no agree
ment was reached. The ultimatum of the
railroad officials was that the strikers might
apply TO work to fill vacancies, but under
no circumstances would the company dis
charge the new men. 1t is alleged that
the Knights of Labor are opposed to the
strike, because the engineers refused to as
sist them in the great strike on the Gould
system, and that District Assembly 40 has
offered to fill the strikers places.
CleyeIand's Movements.
SOUND ISLAND IN. ", July 14th.-Presi-
dent Cleveland and party are expected to
arrive at Cape Vincent Oh Saturday morn
ing. The party will take trip among the
islands and will remain on the river dur
ing the day.
THE PARTY AT FoREsTroRT.
Presidential party was greeted at the depot
by DR.. A. e. Brewer and Rev. Mr.. Cleve-
land, and was driven rapidly from the
Alder Creek station over three miles of
sandy roads to the village.
a Boom of His Own.
lcCpyrag, 1857 BY 0se California Associated Press
NEW 1Ohh, july ltln.-1Q6 commercial
45dgertiSer says: Senator William 3. Alli-
son arrived in the city late last evening
from Iowa and put up at the Brevoort
House. This morning he declined to be
interviewed. 1t is said that he has bit of
boom of his own on hand, and has come
on to consult with Eastern political friends
about it. He will probably go ont to some
of the watering-places in day or two.
The Canadian Pacific Favored.
Copyright, 1857. by The California associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 14th.- Especial. !
Secretary Fairchild to-day approved the
application of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road for the right to carry bonded goods
from one point to another in the United
States by way of Canada.
Grsydon Wants Divorce.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 14th.-Lieut James
w. Graydon, late of the United States
Navy, and the inventor of the new method
of using dynamite in naval warfare, has
brought suit here for divorce from his
wife. He alleges that two years since,
while he was i'll in Hongkong, he gave his
wife blank check to enable her to get
whatever money she needed for household
expenses, and that she drew $4,000, his
entire savings, and fled to America, and
that he has not been able to find her.
wintering California Horses.
MOBILE (Ala.), July 14th.-J. B. Haggin
& Son, of California, are negotiating with
Miss Jennie Cotrill for the lease or purchase
of the Magnolia race track, near this city,
wintering-place for thoroughbred horses.
They have offered $4,000 q year for two
years, with the option of purchase at the
end of that time for $25, 600. 1t is said that
Lucky Baldwin has also had an agent
here this week looking for q suitable place
for wintering in this vicinity.
Death of Prominent Missourian.
ST. LOUIS July 14th.-R E. Cowan, Su-
preme Keeper of the Records and Seals of
the Knights of Pythias, died here to-day.
Robert E. Cowan was born in Staunton,
Va, in 1880. He represented Virginia in
the Secession Convention and sat in the
Confederate Congress. He was elected
Judge of the Equity Court in Kansas City
after the war. He was a Royal Arch
Mason and an Odd Fellow Of high stand
ing. He leaves wife and three children.
Iowa Prohibitionists.
DEs MoIEEs, July 14th.-In response to
the call for Prohibition State Convention
eighteen delegates met in this city this
afternoon. The usual committees were ap-
pointed, and the chief work was the nomi-
ton of State ticket and the adoption of
platform. The following were nominated:
For Governor, Y. g. Farnham; Lieutenant
Governor, William C. Caldwell; Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Professor
Stephen F. Fellows.
Fatal Explosion.
CHEYENNE, July 14th.-The boiler at the
Shawnee coal mine, in this county, ex-
ploded Tuesday morning, fatally iniuring
James Kirby, night engineer, and two men,
Thomas Jones and Charles Bartlett, who
were sleeping in the engine-house.
An alleged Observation-Disclosures.
DENVER, July 14th.-Mrs. John T. Wit
ter was arrested this afternoon on a com
plant sworn out by District Attorney
Rhodes, charging her with causing the
death of her husband by the adminis,ra-
ton of arsenic. She will be arraigned to-
morrow and placed under $1,000 bail.
Baltimore aud Ohio.
NEW YORK, July 14th.-A Wall street
circular says Reports on the Baltimore
and Ohio negotiations continue very con-
fiicting, but some of the details are being
Strengthened out, and the prospects are ia
vorable for general clearing up of COM
plications.
Bullion from Mexico.
Ell PAso (Tex) }, July 14th.-A summary
of the importations from Mexico, in the
customs district of Paso del Norte, during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1887, gives
the total value of precious metals and ore
imported, in round numbers, at SI3, 600 OeO,
falling off of 81, ,000, 900 from the previous
year.
Prohibition Favored.
BosToS, July 14th.-The Sons of Tenn
peraEce Convention to-day voted unani
mousIy in favor of prohibition amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States.
A Wyoming Cloudburst.
CHEYENNE. July 14th.-There was wash
out on the Union Pacific, five miles west of
this city, this afternoon, caused by cloud
burst. a quarter of a mile of track is gone.
Trains are delayed ten hours.